In this chapter, the hosts dive into the concept of feeling disempowered and its impact on projects and daily life. They examine common fears that contribute to disempowerment and provide strategies for confronting and transcending these fears. Additionally, they highlight the significance of adopting empowering perspectives, such as embracing play and embracing a service mindset, to enhance our projects.
In everything we do, we can feel lit up and feel meaning ... or we can feel a sense of obligation, victimhood, discouragement. The difference is how we're relating to what we're doing — in an empowered or disempowered way.
In this episode, Leo looks at how to create a new, empowered relationship to your purpose project.
Topics Covered
- The concept of empowered versus disempowered relationships with one's projects and work
- Empowered relationships involve feeling excited, lit up, and capable, while disempowered relationships are marked by fear, resistance, and self-doubt
- How to examine their disempowered feelings and identify fears such as being judged, inadequate, or embarrassed
- Examples of empowering contexts, including play, service, leadership, art, love, compassion, wonder, adventure, and curiosity, to help shift the relationship with one's projects
- How to choose an empowering context and practice it consistently
- The need for continuous practice and self-compassion when transitioning from a disempowered to an empowered relationship
- How Leo is applying an empowered relationship to his project — working on his grandmother's book
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Resources
The Fearless Living Academy
Credits
Intro music composition: Salem Beladonna & Robrecht Dumarey
Editor: Justin Cruz